Musical toy



Deb. 17, 1929. K. BEHN I 1,739,569

' MUSICAL TOY Filed 1:60. 21, 1928 Patented Dec. 17, 1929 i 1,739,569

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KARL BEEN, OF ALFELD-LEINE, GERMANY MUSICAL 'IOY Application filed December 21, 1928, Serial No. 327,702, and in Germany August 14, 1923.

This invention relates to a musical toy bellows, andafurther sound will be produced wherein different sounds may be selectively on the release of the key and the expansion produced and pictorial representations in acof the bellows, that is on the inlet of air to cordance with the sounds simultaneously the bellows.

brought into View. In reproducing animal sounds or simulat- 55 The primary object of the present invening such reproduction bythe human voice, tion is the provision of a musical toy in the they are ordinarily of two syllable forms and form of a piano, the keys of which when opby thus arranging the sounding devices, a full 'erated compel the production of a sound, movement of the key, that is a depression and such for example as the characteristic sound following upward movement thereof, is nec- 60 emitted by an animal, the construction inessary to produce the full desired sound. eluding means whereby a picture of the ani- Supported between the rear wall 9 of the mal corresponding to the particular key is sound chamber and the top wall 2' thereof are brought into View during the operation of the a series of slides d, these slides being arranged key. in alignment with the respective keys a. Con- 65 The invention is illustrated in the accomnecting each key with its particular slide is panying drawings in which: 1 a bar 0, the free end of which enters a slot Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in in the slide. On one or both faces of the slides section, of a toy constructed 1n accordance (Z, or if desired on that face next the sound with the present invention. chamber, there will be a representation of the 70 Figure 2 is a cross section of the musical anlmal whose vocal reproduction is simulated toy. by the depression of the particular key.

As illustrated, the improved toy comprises Thus, as a key is depressed and released, a a base e on which is supported a sound chamsound is made and the picture of the corher f formed by front and rear walls g, side responding animal is brought into view by 75 walls It, and a top wall 5, the side walls in the simultaneous upward movement of the and base 6 being continued forwardly of the particular slide. front wall 9. p The keys are so arranged that the sounds Supported for swinging movement in the produced are as nearly as possible chromatispace forwardly of the front wall 9 of the cally disposed, thereby permitting children 80 sound chamber and between the extensions of in using the toy to compose and play little the side walls It thereof are a series of keys (1 songs of animal voices. which are arranged to simulate a piano key- What is claimed to be new is: board. A musical toy simulating a piano and hav- Underlying each key is a bellows I), and ing a series of keys and a sound chamber in 35 sound-controlling devices of any usual or conrear of the keys, a bellows underlying each ventional form are arranged to cooperate key and designed to operate sound devices on with each bellows so that on the depression the depression of a key, a slide mounted in of a particular key, a sound will be emitted rear of the sound chamber and normally confrom the sound device of the particular belcealed thereby, the slide bearing. a pictorial lows which, amplified in the sound chamber, representation related to the sound produced will be of sufficient loudness and distinctness by a particular key, and a bar connecting to more or less clearly simulate the sound such key and the particular slide, whereby emitted by a particular animal. the slide is operated in the operation of the 45 It is contemplatedand preferred that the key and simultaneously with the operation sound producing devices cooperating with of the bellows to produce the desired sound. the bellows shall be duplicated, so that a In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. sound will be produced on the depression of KARL BEEN. [In s] the key and the collapse of the corresponding 59 bellows, that is on the ejection air from the 

